Microsoft Virtualisation User Group UK

When installing DPM 2010 agents to a server you intent to protect, you use the Protection Agent Installation Wizard to push out that agent. Installing the agent requires a reboot! This reboot is necessary to ensure that the protection agent is installed correctly. So what happens when that server you intent to protect is a member of a cluster (MSCS

The above white paper describes a HP developed Converged Infrastructure enterprise reference architecture for client virtualization featuring Citrix XenDesktop on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. Featuring HP ProLiant BL460c server blades, HP StorageWorks P4800 SAN storage, utilizing Flex-10 coupled with HP Virtual Connect, and managed end

The Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 (VMMSSP) is a fully supported, partner extensible solution that can be used by customers to pool, allocate, and manage their compute, network and storage resources to deliver the foundation for a private cloud platform in their datacenter. Built on top of Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, and System

Microsoft has published a technical whitepaper on Dynamic Memory and this paper can be downloaded from http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/0/5/E05DF049-8220-4AEE-818B-786ADD9B434E/Implementing_and_Configuring_Dynamic_Memory.docx Patrick Lownds

On July 12, 2010, at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington, D.C., Microsoft announced the public availability of the beta for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1). In addition to SP1 beta availability, Microsoft is also provided important updates regarding estimated SP1 timing, end user downgrade rights and general Windows product lifecycle

New Features • Support for new ProLiant G7 servers and iLO 3 • Support for ProLiant Support Pack 8.40 • Support for user configurable non-local accounts for Server Discovery and Server Monitoring • Additional HP Inventory Tool attributes • New Setup and Installation Guide for HP Catalog for ProLiant Server Updates Software Download

Microsoft have released the Windows Azure Platform training kit whcih is now available and ready for download at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2010/06/11/new-windows-azure-training-kit-now-available.aspx . This training kit has everything you need to get started and then dig deep into the Windows Azure platform. Patrick Lownds

Microsoft virtualization technologies and SAN-based clustered storage solved numerous ongoing challenges. Implementing a dynamic compute infrastructure enabled Microsoft.com Operations to increase architectural flexibility and optimize use of resources. To read the technical case study and watch the video go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library

Microsoft E&D IT leverages System Center Operations Manager and Hyper-V to Manage over 170 different applications and a 600+ Server Environment to streamline application and server Infrastructure management. To read the technical case study and watch the video go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff772001.aspx Patrick Lownds

Project Carnation (a major storage consolidation project) involved migrating 211 storage frames at the end of their lifespan to 11 high-density SAN devices resulting in improving both redundancy and scalability of the storage platform while dramatically lowering power consumption and operating costs. To read the entire case study go to http://technet